The American Treasury, 1455-1955Clifton Fadiman Harper, 1955 - 1108 pages Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject. |
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Page xxvi
... true , but it is true that they are better known . We find , on examining our selections , that we have , though not purposively , done something to redress the balance . The reader will find the conservative position , now being ...
... true , but it is true that they are better known . We find , on examining our selections , that we have , though not purposively , done something to redress the balance . The reader will find the conservative position , now being ...
Page 543
... true , for example , of Robert Frost . It is true to a lesser degree of Emily Dickinson . It would have been true of T. S. Eliot had we been able to persuade ourselves that he was , beyond the circumstance of his birth , an American ...
... true , for example , of Robert Frost . It is true to a lesser degree of Emily Dickinson . It would have been true of T. S. Eliot had we been able to persuade ourselves that he was , beyond the circumstance of his birth , an American ...
Page 856
... true for private heart is true for all men - that is genius . you in your Ibid . , " Self - Reliance " Trust thyself : every heart vibrates to that iron string . Accept the place the divine providence has found for you , the society of ...
... true for private heart is true for all men - that is genius . you in your Ibid . , " Self - Reliance " Trust thyself : every heart vibrates to that iron string . Accept the place the divine providence has found for you , the society of ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
Copyright | |
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